Steven Spielberg, in his 2002 movie “The Minority Report,” played out the hypothetical in which an organization can predict crimes before they happen. The Los Angeles Police Department is about 10 years late to the game, and it looks like it’s taking the department more than 145 minutes to see why trying to predict crime […]
Category Archives: Opinion
Editorial: UC should make changes to its course evaluation process to prevent bias
A word to the wise: End-of-quarter course evaluations are more important than you think. In fact, they’re probably a lot more dangerous than you think. Course evaluations have become a facet of student culture at UCLA. Some students wait eagerly for the evaluation forms to open up ninth week to critique their professors. Most others, […]
Submission: Al-Talib’s response to US intervention in Syria unjustly politicizes suffering
On May 22, Al-Talib, the campus’ Muslim community’s newsmagazine, published an opinion article titled, “The American Muslim Imperative to Study and Oppose US Intervention in Syria.” The piece’s goal was to denounce American intervention in Syria. In that pursuit, it politicizes the suffering of the Syrian people to a disgusting extent that can even be […]
No Offense, But: Chipotle and commencement
No Offense is back for the second-to-last podcast of the year. This week, we break down Gov. Jerry Brown’s comments about the University of California needing to be more like Chipotle. After a short break, the team talks about how the UC’s commencements haven’t all been going as planned.
Daily Bruin Editorial Board 2018 California primary election endorsements
This post was updated June 4 at 12:38 p.m. Election season never seems to end at UCLA. On June 5, Californians can hit the polls for the state’s primary election to determine which candidates will show up on the November 2018 ballot. The primary election elects no one for U.S. Senate or governor. Rather, it […]
California 2018 primary election: Yes on Proposition 68
Proposition 68 authorizes the allocation of $4 billion to state parks and water quality projects. These projects will serve the more than 100 California state parks as well as other park- and environment-related projects, including conservation and waterway cleanup efforts. About a third of the bond revenue will go to funding park projects. Park-poor neighborhoods […]
California 2018 primary election: Kevin de León for US senator
It’s time for a fresh face to represent California in the U.S. Senate, and Kevin de León fits the bill. De León, an incumbent state senator, has presented a progressive vision that is must needed in the Senate. For example, he’s signaled he would be a more anti-military intervention figure and that he supports a […]